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Brian Wiggins, Senior Writer After a detour through the wine country of Sonoma,California, NASCAR hits back to their roots of the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway. While some may see Kentucky as another cookie-cutter, it’s far from that. With minimal banking and extremely rough pavement, it provides a unique challenge to both teams and drivers throughout the […]

By Mark Schafer Carl Edwards was able to take home the win in the first of two road course races on the year. Edwards may not be known as a road course ringer, but the win is just one of many top-10s that Edwards has recorded on the twisty turns. For Edwards it was […]

Brian Wiggins, Senior Writer When Carl Edwards’ name has been mentioned lately, it’s mostly been regarding where he’s going to drive in 2015. With numerous rumors surrounding his potential departure from Roush Fenway Racing, Edwards has been one of the most talked about drivers in the sport. However, he wasn’t talked about as a threat […]

Brian Wiggins, Senior Writer It’s been a long time since Brendan Gaughan had won a race; ten years, in fact. For the better part of the last decade, Gaughan has been all over the NASCAR map. From running in the Sprint Cup Series for Penske Racing to coming back to his family owned Truck Series […]

Brian Wiggins, Senior Writer Jamie McMurray may be one of the most underrated road course drivers in the Sprint Cup Series. Granted the driver of the No.1 Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing has never won at either of the two road course, but each and every time NASCAR visits Sonoma, McMurray is a contender. Saturday […]

Brian Wiggins, Senior Writer For the first time in 2014, the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will turn both left and right as the sixteenth stop on the tour takes to the Sonoma Raceway in California. Over recent years, road course racing has changed drastically in the sport of NASCAR. No longer are […]

By Mark Schafer He seemed cursed, destined to never win at the two mile track in the Irish Hills of Michigan. A few times he ran out of fuel while leading, he’s had tires go down with ten to go, cautions flying at inopportune times. However, on Sunday Chad Knaus and Jimmie Johnson finally […]

Brian Wiggins, Senior Writer NASCAR hasn’t raced at Gateway Motorsports Park since 2010. The last time a national touring series visited the track, it had a different name. With the heavy influx of youth now overtaking the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the majority of the field had never raced at the unique racetrack before […]